Wendell Pierce

ActorProducer Dec 8 (age 62) New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 1985–2026 (41 year career)

6.4 avg rating

Biography

Wendell Edward Pierce (born December 8, 1963) is an American actor and businessman. Having trained at Juilliard School, Pierce rose to prominence as a character actor portraying roles on both stage and screen. He first gained recognition portraying the role of Detective Bunk Moreland in the acclaimed HBO drama series The Wire from 2002 to 2008. His other notable television roles include the trombonist Antoine Batiste in Treme (2010–2013), James Greer in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018–2023), the a…

Known For

Film

The Wire

Bunk Moreland

Film

Sleepers

Little Caesar

Film

Superman

Perry White

Film

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

J. Jenks

Film

Thunderbolts*

Congressman Gary

Film

Horrible Bosses

Detective Hagan

Film

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

James Greer

Film

Selma

Rev. Hosea Williams

Filmography

Acting (123)

Movies (75)

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War

2026 Upcoming

as James Greer

May 20

Superman

as Perry White

Thunderbolts*

as Congressman Gary

Highest 2 Lowest

as Gabe

Adventures in the Making of Superman

2025

as Self

8.3

Don't Hang Up

2022

as Chris Daniels

Becoming Frederick Douglass

2022

as Frederick Douglass (voice)

6.5

Between the World and Me

as Self

Burning Cane

as Reverend Tillman

Clemency

as Jonathan Williams

Piercing

as The Doctor

27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon

2018

as Narrator (voice)

One Last Thing

as Dylan

The Forever Tree

as Doctor Willow

Rodents of Unusual Size

2017

as Narrator (voice)

7.6

Bad Moms

2016

as Principal Daryl Burr

Grease Live

as Coach Calhoun

Confirmation

as Clarence Thomas

The Runner

as Frank Legrand

The Gift

as Detective Mills

Runaway Hearts

as Paul

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

as Andy Kirk (voice)

Elsa & Fred

as Armande

Selma

as Rev. Hosea Williams

7.4

Foreclosure

2014

as Virgil

Parker

as Carlson

Four

as Joe

Möbius

as Bob

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

as J. Jenks

Lay the Favorite

as Dave the Rave

Horrible Bosses

as Detective Hagan

A Plea for Modernism

as Narrator (voice)

The Mortician

as Clinger

Love Ranch

as Naasih Mohammed

New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music

2010

as Narrator (voice)

Night Catches Us

2010

as David Gordon

5.3

Beyond All Boundaries

2009

as Sgt. Thomas McPhatter

6.8

I Think I Love My Wife

as Sean

Pariah

as Arthur

2000: Bunk and McNulty

2007

as Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland

Life Support

2007

as Slick

5.6

The Wire: The Last Word

as Self

The Wire Odyssey

as Self

Tapping the Wire

as Self

Stay Alive

as Detective Thibodeaux

Ray

as Wilbur Brassfield

A Hole in One

as Dan

Land of Plenty

as Henry

The Fighting Temptations

as Reverend Lewis

Brown Sugar

as Simon

The Gilded Six Bits

as Otis D. Slimmons

The 24 Hour Woman

1999

as Roy Labelle

5.3

Abilene

1999

as Reverend Tillis

Bulworth

as Fred

The Advocate's Devil

as Justin

Sleepers

as Little Caesar

Get on the Bus

as Wendell

Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story

1996

as John Saunders

Hackers

1995

as S.S. Agent Richard Gill

Waiting to Exhale

as Michael

Bye Bye Love

as Hector

It Could Happen to You

1994

as Bo Williams

6.7

Manhattan Murder Mystery

as Policeman

Strapped

as District Attorney

Malcolm X

as Ben Thomas

Unnatural Pursuits

as Cabbie

A Rage in Harlem

as Louis

A Matter of Degrees

as Wells Dennard

The 10 Million Dollar Getaway

1991

as Parnell "Stacks" Edwards

Casualties of War

as MacIntire

Family Business

as Prosecutor

The Money Pit

as Paramedic

King of the South

The Thrill Is On

as B.B. King

They Fight

as Slim

Television (48)

The American Revolution

as (voice)

Elsbeth

as C.W. Wagner

Sherri

as Self - Guest

Be My Guest with Ina Garten

as Self - Guest

The Watch

as Death (voice)

Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

Harley Quinn

as Lex Luthor (voice)

8.3

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

2018

as James Greer

7.7

Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.

2018

as Detective Lee Tucker

6.8

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Odd Couple

as Teddy

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Chicago P.D.

as Ray Price

The Night Shift

as Walt

Ray Donovan

as Ronald Keith

The Michael J. Fox Show

as Harris Green

Suits

as Robert Zane

Treme

as Antoine Batiste

Archer

as Verl (voice)

Drop Dead Diva

as Neal David

Hawthorne

as Dr. Michael Schilling

7.0

In Plain Sight

2008

as Dr. Warren McBride / Warren Morris

7.0

Fear Itself

2008

as Wiilbur Orwell

6.7

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

as Detective

Women's Murder Club

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

as Self

Numb3rs

as William Bradford

Close to Home

as Sam Carter

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

2005

as Richard Link

8.1

Real Time with Bill Maher

as Self

The Wire

as Bunk Moreland

My Wife and Kids

as Dr. Boucher

Girlfriends

as Anthony Jackson

The Weber Show

as Wendell Simms

God, the Devil and Bob

2000

as Mike (voice)

7.5

Third Watch

1999

as Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones

7.9

Judging Amy

1999

as Harry Benton

7.5

The Brian Benben Show

1998

The Gregory Hines Show

Moloney

as Calvin Patterson

New York News

New York Undercover

Law & Order

as Ola-Gimju Nwaka

Capital News

as Conrad White

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

The Equalizer

as Dr. Wolff

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Great Museums

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Burning Cane

2019

Producer

5.7